The New Year 1890 brought a harsh March Winter to New York City. The hoar frost on the tree limbs and branches made it look like a silver brush had painted over it all. The Irish had arrived to its tenements. There was little fresh air, or water. Cinders and
And to think I’ll never see it again on Mulberry Street. Is The Chas in a tizzy over the antics of the dizzy who are using their writer’s tools to turn us all into fools? You bet he is, just like nobody’s biz! He’s ready to bust a gut over
Education is important and comes under scrutiny, continually. Society’s focus is to return to full-time in-school building classes. It is easy for students who could be learning remotely to relax, not pay attention, and, even not attend, even though it would be hurtful to those students in the long run.
In the large cities in America and even in small towns, the Irish banded together for companionship and for recreation. Saloon-keepers formed social clubs which brought fellowship for the Irish. Soon they became cogs in the wheels of ward politics. The mines and factories had horrid working conditions, so unions
Likely it could be called housekeeping! Each week in The Voice is a little different, even if some readers may view the contents and elements in largely the same way. There are variations in what constitutes The Voice each week. The front page of this week’s edition proclaims, Volume 13
March 6, 2021Dear editor; Did you ever have a teacher who had an impact in your life in ways which truly matter? At K.D. Waldo Junior High in Aurora, I discovered the most stimulating seventh-grade classroom was taught by a commanding presence, the late Mr. Roy C. Everson Jr. of
The clock stood still. Its ancient hands slowly counting the minutes. The hours. The days. Timeless. All were dancing. The waltz held such a fascination similar to a new kitten, or a fiddle. Cascades of flowers were everywhere. The white roses in profusion along with the peonies, all pink. It
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitles them,
Although COVID-19 has not caused the predicted baby boom, it instead has created a pet boom. With many individuals confined to more time at home they’re looking to adopt pets, so demand has led to an increase of pet-breeding. In an attempt to prompt empty shelters, rather than support the
We really can make our way through the COVID-19 maelstrom, in part, because there is no other way. We do what we have to do to move onward. Although there have been and are problems with the pandemic, hope springs eternal that our situations will become better. We can make
Third of four parts “In 2008, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced $306 million in grants to promote high-yield sustainable agriculture among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The Foundation’s plans included creation, through genetic manipulation, of high-production, drought-resistant dairy cows, and the development and proliferation of
Aurora University will present a virtual discussion of “Occupy till I Come: The Origins of Aurora University in Mendota, Illinois, 1893-1912” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. University president Rebecca L. Sherrick will lead the Zoom discussion with “Occupy” author Susan Palmer of Aurora, an Aurora College alumna, professor emerita
Aurora Central Dispatch received multiple calls at 6:58 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, from bystanders stating that smoke was coming from a house in the 200 block of West Downer Avenue. A Box Alarm Structure fire was dispatched that consisted of two engine companies, one truck company, two Battalion Chiefs, and
Second of four parts The previous part is at thevoice.us/bill-gates-largest-owner-of-farmland-in-the-u-s Bill Gates, 65, known as the fourth richest person in the world, a United States entrepreneur, who, with a boyhood friend, Paul Allen, founded Microsoft computer company in the 1970s and divested himself from the company in 2020, continues his
“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” – Rumi She was born Mary Granville in 1700 at her father’s country house in the Wiltshire village of Coulston. Hers was a well-to-do English family. She would hear first-hand the voyage of Captain Cook and be astonished by that voyage
I have been following with a great deal of interest publisher Crane’s “clear and concise” section on page 2 in editorials since he began it. As a student of the “Muvver Tongue” (as they say in the U.K.), I had hoped to find new insights in English usage. Although I
In the 1970s, president Jimmy Carter supposedly worried that Americans were suffering from collective malaise, the French word for an underlying feeling of discomfort, uneasiness. Carter was roundly ridiculed. A few years later, president Ronald Reagan campaigned in 1984 on the theme, in sharp contrast: “It’s morning again in America.”
Politics is on the minds of many observers for many reasons in recent days. A reflection of society indicates part of the strength of our country is two major political parties. At the same time, part of the weakness of the U.S. is two major political parties. Would it be
“Life is like a camera: Just focus on what’s important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, just take another shot.” Source unknown. —Al Benson
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” —Mark Twain Jennings Terrace operates as an independent organization at 275 S. LaSalle Street in Aurora. It received its charter as a non-profit corporation March 16, 1943. On July 5, 1943 the home opened after extensive
